Land Lover's Fish Pie

A Fish Pie

A fairly simple recipe to make but really is fantastic.

Ingredients

Half of 1 Onion

3 Cloves of Garlic

2 Potatoes (1 per pie)

3 Rashers of bacon

2 Frozen white fish pieces

2 Frozen Salmon pieces

300ml of Milk

3 tbsp of Flour

200g Shortcrust Pastry

Method

Place the fish in a large pan and cover with the milk. Bring it to the boil and simmer for 8-10 minutes. Meanwhile fry the onion, garlic and bacon and put the potatoes on to boil.

Once the fish is cooked smush it with the back of a spoon into flakes. Now pour this into the pan with the bacon and onion. 

Add the flour to thicken if it needs it then leave to keep warm. Now mash the potato and add some butter and/or milk.

Grease and flour 2 ramekins and then push pastry to half a centimeter thickness around the inside surface.

Now fill the ramekins with the fish bacon sauce and top with mash potato swirls. (Use a piping bag to do this properly)

Then bake in the oven until the potato is golden brown.

Chilli Oil

Chilli oil can add that something special to anything you make. Why not try it drizzled over pizza or jazz up a simple salad with a splash.

Ingredients

500ml of Oil (Olive is best but sunflower works, also this makes about the same amount of chilli oil so just change this quantity for how much you need)

10-15g of chilli flakes (Or blend some dried chillis)

3-4 Whole dried chillis

Method

If you are planning on keeping your oil for some time (And remember it gets hotter with time so you should keep it for a few weeks before use) then you should sterilise the bottle first by washing in warm water, rinsing and then placing in an oven for 10-15 minutes at 160C.

Now heat the oil for a few minutes and then add the chilli. Cook for around 4 minutes and then transfer into the warm bottles. This prevents any germs being in the bottle. Be careful when putting the oil in the bottles as it can splash around!